Managing employees can often seem overwhelming and complicated. We can spend what seems like endless hours learning “people” techniques from various sources. Our mentors, direct reports, professors, peers and even our employees all have ideas, theories or opinions on how to manage staff. Sometimes we find ourselves overcomplicating our approach to such an extent that we can risk losing even our star performers.Instead of jumping on the bandwagon of the latest – but often complicated and time-consuming – employee retention strategy, we might want to take an easier, yet surprisingly effective, approach to managing and developing our employees.One of the…